Karnataka political crisis: Protesting Congress workers detained by Mumbai Police

Jul 23, 2019, 5:21 PM IST

Mumbai: Congress members protested in front of the Renaissance Hotel in Mumbai and were detained by the police. The protesting Congress members were detained and put in police vans as soon as they tried approaching the hotel entrance. The Congress and the JD(S) have repeatedly been attempting to convince the MLAs to come back. 

15 rebel MLAs of the Congress-JD(S) coalition, who had approached the Supreme Court, have been residing in this hotel since July 6. As per Speaker's directions, Karnataka Assembly session began at 10 am. The Speaker has issued a deadline of 6 pm for CM HD Kumaraswamy to prove his majority